Kids riding in the TC?
What are your thoughts on letting kids ride in the TC while barreling down the road? Did you ride in one when you were a kid? Would you let kids ride in it now?
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69 Avion wrote:
Years ago, before extended cabs and crew cabs were readily available, riding in the TC was not uncommon. There weren't many options back then.
Today, many folks have the ability to allow all passengers to actually ride in the truck. Having something go terribly wrong because I wanted the kid to "have fun" isn't something I am going to gamble with. We all make choices, and we all live with the consequences. I'm still living with the broken nose after 50+ years.
Doesn't the same apply having them in the truck at all if the entire trip was for having fun? What about ATV's? I'm teaching my 7-year-old to ride one pretty much entirely for fun. It isn't so clear cut and there are many more gambles/options in life that people are choosing not to notice.
What everyone does is estimate what they believe to be the real risk versus the reward. My cousin recently took his family of 7 on a trip across several states with some kids in the camper. The alternative was not going. The kids are better off for it.
For what it's worth, my kids have not ridden in the camper because the need/desire hasn't happened yet.
Also, the reason all of the passenger options weren't available in trucks was not a technological one. People simply weren't looking for that (i.e. mentality has changed).
